Höfðatorg Tower
Reykjavik - Iceland

Höfðatorg Tower is under construction and is to become the tallest highrise building on Iceland uppon completion in
2010. Offices will occupy most of the building space, exept a shopping mall in the 1st floor. The tower have 19 floors,
with 2 basement floors and one smaller mechanical/elevator floor on top of the tower.

Höfðatorg is designed by PK Arkitektar (http://www.pk.is/) and is a larger complex development with 6 buildings where three will be
residentials and 3 with offices. A shopping center will cover the 1st floor of all buildings. Two of the residentials towers
will be highrise-buildings, tallest on 16 floors and a 12 story highrise. Höfðatorg Tower (officially named H1) togather
with H2 (9fl tall) was started construction in 2008. H3 (9fl tall), S1 (12fl tall) and S1 (16fl tall) is supose to start
construction in 2009. The first one, 6 floor tall B1 was completed earlier in 2008.

The name Höfðatorg is taken from the house Höfði, a historical building close to Höfðatorg.

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Höfðatorg complex (green = office | blue = shopping | yellow = residential)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/HfatorgTower7small.jpg

Nice to see new highrise for Reykjavik, but why it's so grey?? I hope this is only poor rendering?

They like concrete on Iceland:)

Here is a construction update from September this year. Was starting to get curious about this project following the financial crisis, but can't find any news about it.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/September2008.jpg

Thanks for the update! Yes, maybe this project had a little bad timing. ;)

After studying some blueprints i found out this tower is not 70m tall but exactly 7 402cm tall from ground, or 8 445cm from basement floor to the roof of the tower. Here is some links to two blueprints showing the main heights floor to floor.

Top (Floor 10 to 19) (3456x2592pixels | 750kb) (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/TOPBlueprintSmall.jpg)
Ground (Floor -2 to 9) (3456x2592pixels | 850kb) (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/GROUNDBlueprintsmall.jpg)

Updates: It may not get filled with tennants, but it still looks great ;D

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Is this real or a 1 april joke?

If it's an April's fool, Ingenioren should have serious cred for his editing skills... Though I neither can imagine which Icelandic company that could back this construction up until now. Someone is sitting on some money they're hiding from the rest of the world?

Well, it's not a joke atleast, but there is some progress being made for both the Concert hall, Hallgrimskirka and Skuggahverfi. So they are still building.... :D

Skuggahverfi November:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/3070963884_a1f33d4d63_b.jpg

Skuggahverfi December:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/3296388972_42a769623f_b.jpg

Concert hall, March:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3393374886_e08603380d.jpg

Concert hall, December:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/landgimages/3068287367/

Hmm... I prefer Reykjavik without it. :(

Agree with inconfidente, it really does look out of place. Highrises need to fit into a context and this one really doesn't even if the building by itself looks good.

^^ Reykjavik's city layout and buildings is incredibly messy from before, whatever highrise design and location they choose it will look out of place. Its hard to do anything there looking good. Maybe they should do some masterplanning, but they have an issue when the city is pretty small, not too fast growing, and in these times with the economy going down the drain!

I think it matches Reykjavik, they have a very weird way of building a city, a mix of American sprawl with huge highways with no cars on them and large malls, and tiny waved-iron houses, modern appartmentsblocks with large gardens. Is pretty much Reykjavik (And other Icelandic towns)... :D I wouldn't want it any other way!

I love the highrise, but..

This is just... too much :nuts:


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Small tiny houses in front of this? not cool.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/HfatorgTower1small.jpg

This would fit in Kista. :)
If it's an April's fool, Ingenioren should have serious cred for his editing skills... Though I neither can imagine which Icelandic company that could back this construction up until now. Someone is sitting on some money they're hiding from the rest of the world?
Iceland sit on huge oil fields larger then Norways. Money won't be a problem. :cheers:I love the highrise, but..

This is just... too much :nuts:



Small tiny houses in front of this? not cool.
Obviously suburban houses will be moved eventually. As the city grow and expand. It's how progress work.I think it matches Reykjavik, they have a very weird way of building a city, a mix of American sprawl with huge highways with no cars on them and large malls, and tiny waved-iron houses, modern appartmentsblocks with large gardens. Is pretty much Reykjavik (And other Icelandic towns)... :D I wouldn't want it any other way!Yep. :D

I hated it..I love highrises when it fits the surrounding area, but right next to Hofdi, come on...That is almost Reykjavik 101, old town, old buildings..They should have built it by the Kringlan or in the suburbs..Hideous....

^^ Reykjavik's city layout and buildings is incredibly messy from before, whatever highrise design and location they choose it will look out of place. Its hard to do anything there looking good. Maybe they should do some masterplanning, but they have an issue when the city is pretty small, not too fast growing, and in these times with the economy going down the drain!

There are a good number of highrises by the water, near the concert hall. Would fit there.

Iceland sit on huge oil fields larger then Norways. Money won't be a problem. :cheers:


That is notional. Nobody knows what they got yet, thats what they will try to find out now.

Iceland is located on very young land close to where two plates are moving apart (and hence coming up from Earth interior). I doubt the oil fields are that big.

I like the building pretty much, I hope to go there sometime.

I like the building pretty much, I hope to go there sometime.Me to. :)

Looks really nice to me. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3346995314_aeb4213b24_b.jpg

I like it. Something different for Reykjavik

Reykjavik looks great! I had no idea idea it's this big. And great highrise! :cheers:

Thanks for the update! Yes, maybe this project had a little bad timing. ;)

I will take a look what pictures I have from the job site:)

Please, post some pics!!! I would love to see how the complex has been finished.

Please, post some pics!!! I would love to see how the complex has been finished.

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Damn nice it is:)

Now I like it. Huge tower for Iceland!

That's one cool tower! :)

The use of concrete on the tower is cool, special! :)

nice

It totally reminds me of a Zagreb-like architecture. Simple & modern. Like it :okay:

Yes very nice and the concrete against the glass look extraordinary together!

this tower gives such a great contrast to the skyline from every point (as long as it is in view ofcrz) Super modern curtain of textured arranged glass rising up above the small red/green/blue roofs of surrounding habillitum.

But the project was supposed to be quite large, doubting that we will see all of the structures up anytime soon, if ever

but this one squeezed itself up just in time for the crash, they can take our jobs but this beauty stays! or whatever hehe

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Taken by me this summer.. Is it still empty?

Mostly yes. I think there is a law firm on the top two floors and a fast food restaurant on the ground floor but most of the rest seemed unoccupied when I had a look at it this weekend. I think it looks kind of neat while it's so empty and transparent.

I love iceland congratulations Nordic countries are beautiful

Very nice building! :)

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i love it, congratulations :) icelandic are always the best!! :kiss:

Great pics, but is still empty????

Great pics, but is still empty????

I think some businesses have moved into the 16th floor, and then they're fitting in a new restaurant at the ground floor.

Nice and simple glass tower!

Great pics, but is still empty????

I think it is hard to get tenants, because the financial crisis hit very hard on Iceland.

Looks really great!

Very beautiful!

hi my Icelandic friends, great project and gorgeous country . We got a thread dedicated to Iceland in our forum. ( Click the link in signature).

greetings :cheers:

its nice

Greetings iceland, from your friends in Denmark. The tower looks stunning and very cool. I just love it. congratulations :)

its a very weird project

but somehow the contrast with the little houses is interesting... but social and economic consequences?
I like that the final result of the building is still quite similar with the first conceptual renderings, images we saw on in this thread

Nice project :okay: